Caught: Salem police go back to Top 10 Most Wanted list

8:55 PM,
Jul. 29, 2013

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It's a concept tried-and-true in the days of the Old West, when citizens saw the faces of wanted criminals given nicknames for their alleged offenses plastered to lamp posts offering a sum of money in exchange for their whereabouts.

The Salem Police Department, in an era decades later with roadside electronic billboards and Twitpics, has seen rising success in the Old West method of using the public to find some of the city's most prolific offenders.

Since 2010, when the department revived its Top 10 Most Wanted List, the arrest rate has increased by nearly 50 percent. ...